Plot
The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.
Release Year: 2012
Rating: 5.4/10 (5,799 voted)
Director:Brian De Palma
Storyline
The rivalry between the manipulative boss of an advertising agency and her talented protégée escalates from stealing credit to public humiliation to murder.
Trivia:
This is the seventh Brian De Palma movie composer Pino Donaggio has scored. Their first collaboration was Carrie. See more »
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Rating: 5/10
Advertising execs stab each other in the back over their careers and a
an average looking cockney scrub in this mediocre pantomime thriller.
Rachel Mcadams is given the opportunity to prove she is more than just
a rom-com princess in the role of the manipulative boss lady to Noomi
Rapace's Ad campaign creator, an opportunity she squanders. It's not
entirely her fault though with such a terrible script to work with
there wasn't a lot she could do. Noomi Rapace is dreadful, for me she
hasn't yet been convincing in an English language role and she is just
either wooden or over the top in this. The plot twists are visible with
your eyes closed and nothing will be a surprise. The only thing that
kept me watching were the laughs and this isn't a comedy. Some of the
dialogue is so stupid I just kept feeling my jaw drop.
When Rachel Mcadams tells a tragic story from her characters childhood
and her and Noomi Rapace are just sat there sobbing it actually made me
laugh because the acting was so terrible and the words they were saying
were so poorly written. Add to this the amount of times you get one of
those suddenly waking up from a dream moments (a cheap movie trick
thats overused) that the film becomes a bit of a mess. So much of this
is poor even down to the add campaign that triggers the war between
these two women. Their clients are in such raptures over this dreadful
idea that it's ridiculous. Also the rough looking guy they chose to
play the love interest adds another comedy element to it. Why would
these two attractive successful women be tearing each other apart over
this guy?
I'm sure I read on some of the advertising that this was supposed to be
an erotic thriller. There were no erotic moments in this film anywhere.
I think someone pulled a dildo out a drawer at some point and there was
a lesbian smooch thats all the eroticism you get I'm afraid.
I can't believe this was directed by De Palma. I have enjoyed many of
his films in the past and I hope this is just a blip and not the shape
of the things to come
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